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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2024
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Martin Lumsdon, Haresfield, GB;
Saritha Route, Bangalore, IN;
Christoph Raisch, Gerlingen, DE;
Mike Ghoraishi, Hisingsbacka, SE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A tracking device is provided including a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags each having an integrated circuit and a support member having a plurality of detachable portions each detachable portion supporting one of the plurality of RFID tags. Each of the RFID tags has a physical data connector to at least one other of the RFID tags with a physical data connector extending across a boundary of the detachable portion supporting a RFID tag that separates that RFID tag from the other RFID tags with the physical data connector being configured to break when detaching a detachable portion. The physical data connectors provide a data link between the integrated circuits of the plurality of RFID tags so that the integrated circuits have a status activated when one of the physical data connectors is broken.